{"product_id":"labour-unions-and-politics-under-the-north-star-the-nordic-countries-1700-2000-9781789200812","title":"Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tDenmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a distinctive regional approach to politics, collective bargaining and welfare. But as this volume demonstrates, narratives of the so-called “Nordic model” can obscure the fact that experiences of work and the fortunes of organized labour have varied widely throughout the region and across different historical periods. Together, the essays collected here represent an ambitious intervention in labour historiography and European history, exploring themes such as work, unions, politics and migration from the early modern period to the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Enhanced with the inclusion of illustrations, tables, maps, and a seven-page index, [this volume consisting of] thirteen erudite and informative articles by experts in the field of labor and trade unionism is very highly recommended for college and university library International Studies in Social History collections in general, and European Labor and Trade Unionism History supplemental studies reading lists in particular.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Midwest Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Though these essays range widely, they are held together by an excellent common effort to set each chapter within the broader Nordic context. This is a top-rate contribution to the historiography on European labour movements.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· David Kirby\u003c\/strong\u003e, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This welcome book provides very interesting and well-argued views on a rich variety of topics in recent and current Nordic labour history research, and on the current state of art in Nordic labour relations and movements.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Pauli Kettunen\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Helsinki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables and Maps\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Labour, Unions and Politics in the Nordic Countries, c.1700–2000\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMary Hilson, Silke Neunsinger, Iben Vyff, Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Connecting Labour: Organizing Swedish Ironmaking in an Atlantic Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGöran Rydén and Chris Evans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Forest Men’: How Scandinavian Loggers’ Understandings of ‘Real Men’ and ‘Real Work’ are Rooted in Personal Narratives and Popular Culture about Forest Life\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIngar Kaldal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Diverse, rather than Desperate: Housewifization and Industrial Home Work in Sweden, 1906–1912\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMalin Nilsson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Housemaids of the Past and Au Pairs of Today in Denmark: Do They Have Anything in Common?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHelle Stenum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Trade Unionism in Denmark, 1870–1940 – from the Perspective of Work\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKnud Knudsen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Labour Migration and Industrial Relations: Recruitment of Foreign-Born Workers to the Swedish Engineering Industry after the Second World War\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohan Svanberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Land Agitation and the Rise of Agrarian Socialism in South-Western Finland, 1899–1907\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSami Suodenjoki\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Strike in Finland, Revolution in Russia: The Role of Workers in the 1905 General Strike in the Grand Duchy of Finland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarko Tikka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Radicalism or Integration: Socialist and Liberal Parties in Norway, 1890–1914\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEinar A. Terjesen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Norden’ as a Transnational Space in the 1930s: Negotiated Consensus of ‘Nordicness’ in the Nordic Cooperation Committee of the Labour Movement\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMirja Österberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Facing the Nation: Nordic Communists and their National Contexts, from the 1920s and into the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRagnheiður Kristjánsdóttir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tallinn – Stockholm – Hamburg – Copenhagen – Oslo: The Northern Dimension of the Comintern’s Global Network and Underground Activities, 1920–1940\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHolger Weiss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Danish Cadres at the Moscow Party School, 1958–1960\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChris Holmsted Larsen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042549694807,"sku":"9781789200812","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789200812.jpg?v=1750954597","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/labour-unions-and-politics-under-the-north-star-the-nordic-countries-1700-2000-9781789200812","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}